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Monday, April 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Beyond the Multiplex

A movie about the Bush-Cheney policy of torture that will make you shake with rage. Plus: Alec Baldwin's unintended laugh lines.
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Monday, April 30, 2007 11:48 AM

    democracy

    ancient greece wasn't really democratic, by usually accepted standards(they had slaves, for one thing). The oldest continuously democratic state is probably iceland.

    —Anonymous

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